Haryana Revenue and Disaster Management Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu on Monday said that the Deputy Commissioners of 10 districts have sent reports of damage caused to the crops like wheat and mustard in about 250 villages due to strong winds, rain and hail storm during this month.
These districts included Bhiwani, Jind, Fatehabad, Hisar, Jhajjar, Kaithal, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat and Mewat, said Capt Abhimanyu while replying to a calling attention notice during the ongoing budget session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha.
He informed the House that the State Government had ordered special crop loss assessment exercise for Rabi crops in those villages where damage to crops was reported.
He said that the Government is deeply conscious of its responsibility to safeguard the interests of the farmers and the task of disbursement of compensation for damaged crops would be taken up immediately after the crop loss assessment reports are received.
Capt. Abhimanyu said that information regarding damage to crops was sought from all the Deputy Commissioners. As reported by the Deputy Commissioners of 11 districts, there had been no loss to crops in these districts due to strong winds, rain and hailstorm. These eleven districts included Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Faridabad, Palwal, Mahendergarh, Gurgaon, Panipat and Karnal.
He said that the State Government had sanctioned Rs 2224.66 crore to the affected farmers for damage to the crops due to drought, flood, hailstorm and pest attack in 2015-16. The arrears of Rs 268.93 crore for 2013-14 and 2014-15 were also given during 2015-16, he added.
5250 died in road accidents
As many as 5,250 persons died while 11,564 were injured in road accidents between January 1, 2015 and January 31, 2016.
Haryana Government informed the state Assembly that a total of 12,009 accidents occurred during this period. As many as 8,912 vehicles which had caused accidents were traced and 8,849 drivers were arrested.
The road accidents account for a large number of deaths and injuries every year in Haryana. Haryana had witnessed 15679 accidental deaths in the year 2014.
The high rate of accidental deaths were reported in Haryana at 58.5 percent against the national average rate of 36.3 percent, as per the latest report of “Accidental Deaths & Suicides in 2014” released by National Crime Records Bureau last year.
As per the report, the highest rate of accidental deaths was reported from Puducherry (96.3) followed by Chhattisgarh (84.6), Gujarat (59.2) and Haryana (58.5).
Haryana preparing scheme for 1000 yogshalas
Haryana Government is preparing a scheme for the establishment of about 1000 ‘yogshalas’ by the Sports and Youth Affairs Department, said Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij while replying to a question
The Minister said that the State Government would organise functions for spreading awareness about Yoga and Ayurveda, where Swami Ramdev would be invited as brand ambassador. The Government would also use photographs of Swami Ramdev on hoardings, banners and posters for spreading awareness about Yoga and Ayurveda.
He said that Brand Ambassador of the state, Swami Ramdev had consented to work for the promotion of Yoga and Ayurveda in the state. Under his guidance, the State Government would run Yoga and Vyayamshalas in all 6,500 villages in the state. People of all sections of the society would be trained in Yoga, Ayurveda and local sports in these centres, he added. Vij said that the Forest Department is also planning to set up a herbal forest with the technical advice and guidance of Patanjali Yogpeeth for regeneration of herbal plants in Morni Hills.
868 pollution check centres authorised
Haryana Environment Minister Capt. Abhimanyu informed the State Assembly that several steps are being taken to reduce vehicular air pollution in the state.
While replying to a question, he said that 868 Pollution Control Check Centres had been authorised in the state to enable the owners to get the pollution level of their vehicles checked regularly.
The Minister said that Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) emission norms have been made applicable for all four-wheeled vehicles manufactured on or after October 1, 2015, except vehicles plying on inter-state permits, national permits or all India tourist permits. BS-IV compliant vehicles cause less environmental pollution as compared to the vehicles complying with lower emission standards.
The registration of SUVs and private cars of capacity 2000cc and above, using diesel as fuel, has been banned in Haryana Sub-Region of National Capital Region, he added.
Posts of 421 medical officers remain vacant
Till February 2016, there were 2,785 sanctioned posts of medical officers of which 2364 were filled and 421 remained vacant in Haryana. Similarly, there were 624 sanctioned posts of Dental Surgeons of which 563 were filled up and 61 remained vacant, informed Haryana Health Minister, Mr. Anil Vij.
He said that 389 Medical Officers were appointed from November 2014 to February 2016.
Vij said that various specialist doctors have been posted throughout the State and they included 69 specialists of Anesthesia, 107 Gynecologists, 64 of Pediatrics, 27 of Skin and 40 of ENT.
Till November 2014, there were 2,672 sanctioned posts of Medical Officers, of which 2,212 posts were filled up and 460 remained vacant. Similarly, there were 624 posts of Dental Surgeons of which 563 were filled up and 61 remained vacant.
Financial assistance of Rs 22,265.33 lakh disbursed
Haryana Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Minister Krishan Kumar Bedi said that financial assistance of Rs 22,265.33 lakh has been provided to 1,21,722 students from October 2014 till date.
While replying to a question in the House, Krishan Kumar Bedi said that financial assistance was provided to poor students and girl students belonging to Scheduled Castes for diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate and technical courses under the ‘Post Matric Scholarship for SC Students’, ‘Dr. Ambedkar Sanshodhit Medhavi Chhattar Sansodhit Yojna’ and ‘Anusuchit Jati Chhattra Ucch Shiksha Protsahan Yojna’ schemes.
From October 2014, till date, financial assistance of Rs 1,352.90 lakh has been disbursed among 8,304 students in district Ambala, Rs 1,287.66 lakh among 8,235 students in Bhiwani and Rs 1,145.27 lakh among 5,471 students in Fatehabad, he informed.
Rs 13,14,18,000 deposited under scheme
Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain said that Rs 25,10,55,000 were deposited with the life Insurance Corporation (lIC) under the ‘Aapki Beti Hamari Beti’ scheme after January 22, 2015, on the birth of the first daughter in the families of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Below Poverty line (BPl) families, and the birth of the second daughter in other families.
While giving reply to a question, Jain informed the state Assembly that Rs 13,14,18,000 were deposited with lIC for the first girl child born in SC and BPl families. She said that Rs 11,96,37,000 were deposited for second girl child born in other families.